The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-15
PRETTY LITTLE DAIRY-MAIDS.
Complete Success of the Carnival Given at
TOmlinsOn Hall, Last Evening.

The audience of over two thousand persons
that assembled in Tomlinson Hall, last night. to
participate in the Dairy maids Carnival must
have been encouraging to the ladies of Roberts
Park Church. who have been engaged for over
month in preparing for the aft Air. The carnival
was perhaps the most artistic and novel enter
tainment ever given by church Of the city.
The idea was conceived by DR.. Heiskell, and
under his direction the entertainment was given.
On the main floor of the hall were seven
strikingly realistic booths. 1.-THE Dairy maids
Home" attracted much attention. 1t was rude
cabin, with matched roof, and with walls over
grown with ivy The milk trough and pals in the
rear, the we'll, were quite suggestive of rural
life. 1t was presided over by Mrs. S. A. Clark.
and a dozen ladies and gentlemen, who served
in rural fashion bread and milk. mush and milk.
and pumpkin pie The "Gypsy Camp" was also
sy was we'll initiated, and the fortune-tellers and
traders did their parts admirably. Mrs DIR.
Thompson was Romni, the Gypsy queen, and
her assistants consisted of nine ladies and four
gentlemen. "The Sugar Camp" elected many
compliments for its realistic appearance Mrs.
| George j. Hammel. who had charge Of the booth,
| and her assistants, in their rude country dress,
stirred the boiling strip in the iron kettles over
| the old furnance like professionals. There
| was a great sale for the sugar they made
| The most artistic booth was '"The
Home of the Ice Queen" Mrs. j. W. Shideler
| was the queen, with Winnie Hammel as Prince
and Miss Lille Holland as Princess. They,
with maids of honor and twenty -four court la
dies, around the throne of ice, presented very
attractive appearance. In the BELL Bazaar" in
| charge of Mrs. A. Bruner. novelties OF all de-
scriptions were offered for sale. With each ar
| ticle purchased was presented miniature cow
| bell as souvenir The '.Postoffice and Valen-
tine Depot" was the most literally patronized of
| any of the booths. and Miss Florence Miller and
| her twenty-one assistants were kept emplo
selling valentines and delivering CUPID letters.
| The Cafe Roberta" where the refreshments
| were served. was elegantly fitted up and the
| delicacies of the season were furnished by Mrs.
| DR.. A. Albeit and her twenty four lady assist
ants.
The literary and dramatic programme was
| commercially executed. 1t consisted of four
| tableaux. the Dairy maids" milky Way,
| "Dairymans Prize Cow and 'Never Cry Over
Split Milk" All were shown with good effect.
| The Milky Way" was an ascending line of dairy.
| maids in uniform, with their milk pails and
was the most attractive of the four Miss Emma
Thompson sang dairy-maids song; Miss Bal
lard recited Driving Home the Cows" and Miss
Anna Bags sung 1.-THE Dairy maids Wedding "
The programme concluded with the dairy
maids drill, the most prominent feat
ure of the evenings entertainment TIL,
drill corps consisted of nineteen youny
ladies attred in uniform and carrying
stool and churn combined, under the comman,
of DIR. Heiskell The manual of arms wa
something new and humorous. and was admir-
: ably executed. The music was under the diree
j ton Of Mrs. Flora Wuschner, Mr.. Emil Wulsch
| ner, Mr. Louis Vogt and Miss Jennie Sufferr
! | and was excellent Tho entertainment, "a
whole, is magnificent in its make up and execr
. ton, and does much credit to the leaders of tn
: church. 1t will be repeated this evening.